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Bradford Interchange pictured in 2020. PIC: Tony Johnson

Exclusive Interchange confirmed as site for Bradford's new rail station
The Transport Secretary told The Yorkshire Post that the new station at Bradford Interchange would lead to more frequent trains, improved journey times and better reliability.

Oliver Coppard and Ros Jones outside Doncaster Sheffield Airport as a new plan for the public sector to buy the site was revealed

Mayor commits to revealing cost of buying DSA when deal is completed

Photo shows a model wearing Yorkshire-founded Lucy & Yaks clothing as a recent shoot.

How witnessing a huge Indian landfill led to Lucy & Yak’s sustainability drive

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People

Bramham House. Pic by Bramham House Ltd/Vincent and Partners

Derelict former children’s home can be redeveloped into flats and houses
A derelict former children’s home can be redeveloped into flats and houses after standing empty for decades.

Tiger attack victim WIlliam Chapman

NHS staff who inappropriately accessed records should 'be sacked'

God’s Own Country Classic Car Rally: Best pictures

Hardraw Force: 'Enthralled by highest single-drop English waterfall'

Multiflight Café Bar: The café overlooking the runways at LBA

'Brenda Blethyn helped launch my acting career'

Altai the tiger in the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, now that it has reopened.

Tiger seen for first time since fatal Yorkshire Wildlife Park attack

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Karl Bushby with his son, Adam, in America

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Hannah Davison and her children on holiday

'No regrets' - Yorkshire businesswoman on her £1,000 term time holiday fine

Liam Green, 45, was killed after he was struck down by a white VW Touareg on Rose Tree Avenue, in Cudworth, Barnsley

Man ‘run over and killed’ after £7.50 lawn-mowing offer, court told

A view of the lane before it descends into Staithes harbour via Cowbar Bank with the end cottage due to be demolished seen on the right.

First phase of coastal erosion work in tiny Yorkshire hamlet set to cost £2.2m

Crime

Martin Chadburn died following the attack in Hull city centre

Three guilty of manslaughter after Army veteran killed in Hull

Early release scheme slammed by region’s crime commissioner

Early release scheme slammed by region’s crime commissioner

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Two jailed over death of father in attack outside working men's club

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Watch: 140mph police chase after Scotch Corner cable theft

Police and ambulance vehicles at the junction of Franklin Road/Strawberry Dale, Harrogate, Saturday, October 17. Photo: Steve Riding

Breaking Man found dead with suspected chemical burns in Harrogate

A woman accused of trying to murder her husband has admitted lesser charges, resulting in her trial being scrapped.

Court round-up: Teenage hitman and Harehills rioter jailed

Yorkshire Heritage

Yorkshire Sculpture Park unveils new £3.6m visitor centre, The Weston. Pictured Peter Murray CBE, Founding and Executive Director.
26th March 2019.
Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

My Yorkshire: Yorkshire Sculpture Park Chief Executive Joe Hill
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A view from All Saints Church, Kirkby Overblow.

A village forged by its wind and iron

James Hill of Northallerton, owner of Yorkshire based company The Forager Within - who runs public and private foraging courses across Yorkshire and Manchester. Pictured holding a Bay Bolete mushroom which he found locally. Picture: James Hardisty.

"I lost everything and ended up living in my car," James Hill The Forager Within

ROYALTY

The Queen Mother arrives at RAF Leeming for a visit to Richmond Georgian Theatre.

The fascinating history of one of Yorkshire’s oldest market towns

The view from Ravenscar looking towards Robin Hoods Bay. A couple of walkers are pictured in the distance heading towards the Cleveland Way. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

The stunning walking route which hugs Yorkshire's coast for 50 miles

Calvin Payne of Hidden Sheffield Walks.

The Sheffield heritage hero bringing the Steel City's history to life

Cædmon’s Cross in Whitby.

The historic cross you may missed at the top of Whitby's 199 steps

Tattooist of Auschwitz novelist Heather Morris on another remarkable story

Politics

South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard speaking at Doncaster Sheffield Airport in September 2025. Photograph by Tony Johnson.

'Delighted': Oliver Coppard's authority to buy DSA for undisclosed sum

Bazaar Demolition Pic

Bradford’s City Village: “The start of a new era” for the city

Lightwaves Leisure and Community Centre, in Wakefield. LDRS image

Council scraps £1 sale of former pool and leisure centre to charity

Whitby West Cliff Public Toilets. Google Maps

Whitby public toilets could return to council control after years of losses

Transport

Saltaire Community Arts Centre

Saltaire village car park closed ahead of work on college building

York city centre

York road closures: 13 locations affected by traffic restrictions

The planned network linking Leeds and Bradford had been expected to be in place in the early 2030s, but that has been pushed back to the end of that decade

West Yorkshire tram 'should focus on areas with poor connectivity'

Doncaster station. (Pic credit: Network Rail)

Doncaster disruption: Rail passengers advised to plan ahead over Christmas

Proposed Scarborough Station Forecourt Layout. Align

Scarborough Railway Station: Work on £6.68m station redevelopment set to start

Proposed Site Footbridge Circled In Blue At High Mill Farm, Scalby. Courtesy Keepmoat

Approval for long-promised bridge at major housing development

Weather

The low water levels at Grimwith Reservoir near Grassington. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Drought declared due to low water levels after scorching summer

Water levels appear to be low at Woodhead Reservoir in the Peak District, September 28, 2026.

Warm weather set to continue as reservoirs continue to feel the heat

An aerial picture taken in January 2024 shows a fallen tree laying down in water following the bursting of the banks of the River Ouse, in York.

Leeds professor on how El Niño could impact UK

Health

Bradford city centre. Picture: Simon Hulme

Landmark report reveals hardest places for children to grow up
The report concludes “the postcode lottery is real”
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Guy Coates at Cold Bath Plunge. Photograph by Tony Johnson.

'Cold water swims changed my life, now I hope to help others'

New recycling bins set to be rolled out in York in 2027.

'Overflowing rubbish' and fly-tipping warning unless York HMOs get bigger bins

Plans to demolish the Sandal Grove Infants School site to build a 76-bedroom care home have been approved by Wakefield Council. LDRS image

Care home to be built at fire-damaged former school site

Alison Hammond at a red carpet event

Alison Hammond’s panic attack hits close to home

Education

Catherine Thristan, Director of External Engagement (Partnerships and Executive Education),

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How do you unlock growth in an uncertain market? Where do you find the skills needed to remain competitive? And how do you ensure your organisation continues to adapt as customer expectations, technology and ways of working evolve? Catherine Thristan, Director of External Engagement (Partnerships and Executive Education), Leeds University Business School explores the issues.
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Daughter Bailey

Yorkshire mum 'unable to get childcare' for daughter with disabilities

An Ofsted banner (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Ofsted’s new inspections ‘a mess’ say school heads

Students at the heart of Sixth Form life at Heckmondwike Grammar School.

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Rachel Riley: 3,000 people applied for Countdown, I never expected to get it

Home schooling is on the rise in the UK. Photo credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Beyond the schoolgates: Skyrocketing demand for home education in East Yorkshire

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Business

The compact SumUp card reader helps market traders, craft sellers and small businesses accept contactless and card payments without expensive equipment.

7 side hustles to make extra money before Christmas

Wharf Street Flats Shipley

Plan to build 32 flats on town centre car park

The stage of the Northern Tech Summit 2026.

Northern Tech Summit offers ‘key opportunity' to break down barriers

A worker at ITM Power.

ITM Power records highest-ever revenues after £86m Government funding boost

M&S has introduced its 2026 Christmas sandwich range alongside seasonal snacks and sweet treats.

M&S Christmas sandwiches and there's plenty of festive favourites

Scope's Doncaster shop is believed to be the first charity shop in the UK to host an in-store parcel locker, marking another milestone in the partnership between Evri and Scope. (Photo supplied by Evri)

Leeds-based Evri backs Doncaster charity's work

UK News

William Chapman death

Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger victim 'had previous bouts of psychosis'

Yorkshire Wildlife Park will re-open on Friday, October 16 six days after William Chapman was mauled by a tiger and died.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park set to reopen following fatal tiger attack

The crash happened on the A65 in Guiseley

Three-way Guiseley crash leaves driver, 67, with serious injuries

Altai the tiger

Yorkshire Wildlife Park confirms tiger Altai will not be euthanised

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The nation's favourite card games of all time are blackjack, poker and patience

Blackjack, poker and patience top nation's favourite card games

World

Volodymyr Zelensky and Andy Burnham shake hands outside 10 Downing Street, flanked by soldiers in red dress uniform

'Repair bridges': Burnham pledges to help Zelensky with Donald Trump

Bradley Townsend, from Barnsley, left, with Aiden Minnis, in what appears to be Russia or eastern Ukraine. Credit: YouTube/International Volunteers Association

'Yorkshire lad' is first Briton to die fighting for Putin in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a security council meeting in Moscow (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/AP)

Exclusive Russia will ramp up 'grey zone' attacks on UK without deterrence

Shannon Lawrie, a student at Leeds Trinity University, is visiting her partner in Penticton, British Columbia, where the pair have watched the Bald Range wildfire grow and residents evacuated from nearby communities.

'A ghost town' - Yorkshire student caught up in Canadian wildfire crisis

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